Animal Kingdom will stay put until race day

BALTIMORE — As of Tuesday afternoon, there were no Preakness horses on the grounds at Pimlico Race Course. That will change Wednesday when nine colts who will contest the second leg of the Triple Crown will show up. Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom won’t be one of them.

Trainer Graham Motion said Animal Kingdom will remain at his training base in Fair Hill, Md. (about an hour north of here) until Saturday, the day of the race.

“I don’t see any reason to do it any differently,’’ said Motion, who added he is 90 percent sure that is the way he’ll do it. “I just don’t see why I need to change his world on Friday. He’s here, he’s happy, and I just don’t see the benefit to getting him over there day early.’’